NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that problems associated with being overweight occur at a much younger age than previously thought. In a study reported in the journal Pediatrics, ...

The number of overweight children is on the rise worldwide and will climb dramatically by 2010, according to a new study by Youfa Wang, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who carry excess pounds may be doing permanent damage to their feet, a group of foot and ankle surgeons warns. "When there is an increased amount of weight and stress ...

Gene therapy could help obese kids avoid health problems associated with excess weight, including arthritis, a new study suggests. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

Primary school girls between the ages of 4 and 11 with a body mass index (BMI) considered overweight or obese are more likely to see a family doctor (GP) at least once about musculoskeletal problems ...

There are surely people out there who meet the “fat but fit” label. But it’s unclear whether people who are overweight or who have obesity can avoid all weight-related health problems by focusing ...

Children who are overweight face more than future health problems. They appear to have broken bones and joint problems more often during childhood than kids of normal weight, research suggests. "A lot ...

As if the list of only-child stereotypes wasn’t long enough, a new one has been brewing: Children without siblings are at a higher risk for being overweight and obese, as are daughters and youngest ...

Zepbound is the first and only approved treatment activating two incretin hormone receptors, GIP and GLP-1, to tackle an underlying cause of excess weight "Obesity is a chronic disease that can result ...